VVS Laxman and Yuvraj Singh were left out in the cold once again while
young pacer Ishant Sharma and left-arm spinner Rajesh Pawar were
fighting for a place in the Indian eleven for the second and final cricket Test
against Bangladesh starting here tomorrow.
The Indians dropped Punjab pacer VRV Singh while including Pawar in the
shortlisted 12, retaining the option of playing either three fast bowlers or as
many slow bowlers.
Should they be picked, it will mark their India debut
- in either form of the game - for both Sharma and Pawar.
Explaining the rationale for keeping out seasoned campaigner
Laxman and the talented Yuvraj Singh, Dravid said that there were five batsmen
fighting for only three slots in the middle order.
"On this tour, after seeing the conditions, we were very
keen on playing five bowlers. Laxman is fighting for one of the three slots
in the middle order," Dravid said.
"Between myself, Sachin, Sourav, Laxman and Yuvraj we
are fighting for three slots, while its true that in some situations during
some tours we do have four slots in the middle.
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